The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-27

| tinued study, and in the daily and yearly
| provision for anumerouS body of dependents
| for all Of Whoa be felt himself responsl-
BILE, aoou; whom his anxieties were ever
alive, whooe task be appnrtiOned and hose
LAHORE he directed--he was educated in those
! fac 1lties and personal quail les which en-
Rbled him 10 emerie from his solitude and
| preside in the County Court or become a
member of his Sta,e Legislature; to dis
charge the dut es of local mOgstrscy, or to
take his place in the national councils.
THE PLANTER
The solution of the enigma Of the o called
slave power may be sought here. IL was in
such communities US these that w. shing-
ton, a Jackson, . Taylor, a J ee, and b st
O. others acquired those qualities which en-
abled them, in he position in which their
country placed them, to add such undying
luster to the Amerlc n name. Would that l
had the power to pc tray a Southern plant
er's hOmeI The sweet and noble associa-
tions; the pure, refining and Q evatlng at
mosphere Of a household presided over by a
Southern mat on; the abode of don estic
Joys and duties; the peaceful yet active life
OF a lsrge land characterization full of in
terest and high moral respons, bilities;
the the aSpGs between n mans intellect
hospitality, heartfelt, simple and geuer-
ous. The southern painter was lar from
bei,g the self-indulgont, indolent, c)arse
and Overbearing person hat he has some
careful patient, provident, industrious, FIR
bearing, and yet firm and deter mined. The Q
were the qualities which enabled him to take
a race of uUtamed savages, with habits tlat
could only inspire disgust, with no arts, no
sing tradition of civi ization, and cut of
such people to make the finest body of ag-
ricultural and domestic lab0rers that the
world has ever seen; aud, indeed, to elevate
such a hight as to cause them to be deemed
fit Tor admission into the charmed circle OF
American freedom, and 10 be clothed
with the rights and duties OF Ameri-
penetrated the dense forests, the tangled
bake, the g oomy wilderness of our river
swamps, where pestilence b ad its abode, and
thoie, day by day, and year by year, amidst
exposure, hardships and sickness, his fore
sight, his Prudence. his self reliance. his
requisition:. IL WAS in such communities
that men like Jefferson, Madison. Monroe,
Polk, Lowndes. Calhoun, Clay. Macon, Mar
shall, fancy and many others whom could
mention, acquired those characteristicI
which their countrvmen both North and
South iDstinctively discerned whenever they
were "calied upon to, facs some awful mo-
ment to which heaven has joined grea. issues,
good or bad, Tor bupa kind
REASONS FOR THE STATUE.
Another rea on why this statue should be
erected to his memory, is that It is due to
him for h,s Intellectual contributions to the
reer as statesman in the House of Repre-
Sc tatives, Peven years seTvIce as a Cabinet
Officer, as Vice Pres dent of the United
Sta ties, and that unparalleled career in the
view all Embellishments and measures as a
public man, constituting as they do some of
the bri, htest CHI piers 10 the history Of this
country, he has left, in his VIZ ngs, consid-
cy which will perpetuats the away OF his i'm
mortal thou hit over the minds Of men. ii 8
published speeches are philosophical exposi-
tons OF the genius and structure and princi-
pies of the American Constitution.
But there ls third reason why South
Caroliua should have on her soil a statute Of
Calhoun, and that is his stainless purity OF
life, his terling virtue apd integrity OF char
acter. This, more than any other, was the
cause OF his unparalleled hold upon tho
love, .reve, ence and trust of his reople. His
was the greatness of a soul which, fired with
a love of vir ne, consecrated itself II truth
and duty, and, with uDfaltering confidence
in God, was ever ready to re inundated IN
the cause of right and country.
and now, fellow citizens, must take him
away from your hearts, where he is en-
shrined ~ cho cast affection aId reverence;
and bear him before those stern, ult male
judges-history, posterity, country and 'Od.
These are to take the exact measure of his
life, his sery ces, his character and his mo.
tives, without any favor or affection, and
with the inflexible tests an d scrutiny Of JUS |
tice.
TWO DIFFERENT POWERS.
In the early history Of our Republic two |
different powers were in the presence OF each !
other-the principle Of local State sovereignty |
and that OF uational union. Although both |
of thtS powers were to be found in the en- |
b 20 of our Political system, they existed In |
Confusion and without precise legal dehni- |
ton, zach having claims to urge and facts to |
allege in support IF its respective pretension |
to supremacy The principle of State sover- |
eighty was the first brought into operation,
and, therefore, preceded the other in legal |
vious TO the Declaration of Independence,
the colonies were each a distant political
each had its own separate polit-
zeal organization, the legislation of which |
eHteuded no farther than its own territorial
limit. The only pslitical md which
held them in union was the sovereignty
of the British nation. When they
threw that off, the States had
no common government. The general
tovereignty over them a whole disappear
ed and ceas ed to exit, ut least in visible and
legal embodiment OF organize cd power, and
passed into the several States, which had be- |
come each indepen dent and oVereign in its
own right. The constitution was framed by |
delegates elected by the Legislatures. It |
was the work Of sovereign States, as indie
pendent, ieparate communities. 1t was rat
flied by cow ntions of these separate States,
each acting f0E Itself By this constitution
were delegated to the Federal Government;
but 1t expressly declared that the powers
not herein delegated to the United States by
the Constitution, nor prohibited to the
States, are reserved 70 the States respective
ly, or to the people,"
OMNIBUS SOUNDS.
In 1853 the people of the United States
we're citizens OF states or ginAlly sovereign
and indepen lent; in 1861 a VI asst majority /
Of the people Of the United States were citi-
TENS Of States that were originally mere de-
which was the author and giver of their
political being. With all these forces on the
side OF the Union, backed By a majority Of
state governments, with their reserved pow
srs, it was a natural consequence that the
unity and Integrity of the United States as
! sovereign patton should be tstahlilhed on
The battlefield; that its government should
power greater perhaps char any on earth
md that the eleven minority States, after a
as heroic as any recorded in the
annals Of Greece and Rome, should succumb
10 overwhelming forces.
But a eau o more potent thsn any yet
mentioned has operated to Determine the
character and tend sncy of our political sys-
EN- refer to the acquisition by the Fed
,ral Government Of the vast territory EN-
1rac d in the LOUISIANA pui chase, and that
,eded by spain and Mexico to the United
tates. These territories, far exceeding in
lrea that OF the thirteen original states, be-
onPed exclusively to the Federal Govern
nent, No separate State government had
he slightest jurisd cti0u upon one foot Of
ands were surveyed by officers Of the Fed
raj Government, and titles to them were
conveyed BY the Federal Government its
'haracter OF private proprietor as we'll az